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Touching Heaven through Children of the Past and Present
by Chrissi Hart
Many years before I was born, in 1909, my grandmother lay on a bed under the shade of a grapevine, dying. She was just five years old. Then one day, a kind grandfather figure—a holy man, a saint—appeared to her on his white horse and miraculously changed her life forever. This event not only made my life possible, but filled it with inspiration as well.
A Childlike Faith
When I think of my grandmother as a young sick child, I am truly inspired and awestruck by her experience and her healing through the intercessions of a saint. To have such a story in my family heritage is a great treasure and blessing. She was the granddaughter of a priest who was visited by a saint! By God's grace, one hundred years later, I would write about Saint Kendeas to glorify his name in the Western world.
My grandmother planted memories for me early on which I never forgot. She did this by frequently taking me to Saint Kendeas' cave and church in Cyprus when I was an infant and young child. On my first visit as an adult, though I did not clearly remember those earlier visits, I somehow knew I had been there before and felt the saint's presence outside the cave where he had lived. My mother commented, "Your grandmother used to bring you here all the time as a baby." The stairs leading down into the cave were in my early memories, but I could never figure out where they belonged until that visit. Years later, I discovered the story that was waiting to be told.
I identify with my grandmother in many ways. I was named after her and am told I look like her—her youthful oval face, light olive skin and dark hair, her petite stature, her smile—and I also share her love of gardening and cooking and, unfortunately, her migraines.
I was three when my parents took me and my one-year-old sister from Cyprus to London, escaping colonialism and the struggle against the British for independence. I never saw my grandmother again, and she foresaw that. She died in Cyprus when I was six. Perhaps the vague memories of being held close and having my hair stroked come from my time with my grandmother—who, I am told, held me often.
Cyprus! I remember the whitewashed village houses, the brilliant hot sun against the clear blue sky, eating halva on my grandmother's doorstep, the rich red soil beneath my feet, and the sound of cicadas on balmy summer evenings. I loved the enticing smell of fragrant flowers—of jasmine, sweet honeysuckle, and beautiful scented roses—and herbs like mint and oregano. All around the family farm were cypress, carob, fruit and olive trees, orange and lemon groves, and grapevines. All of these memories I associate with my grandmother, who always wore black clothes and kept her hair neatly tucked into her black headscarf.
When my grandmother was a child, she placed her trust in a saint. She had faith and hope when her parents were perhaps losing theirs. Her childlike innocence, acceptance, openness, and trust in one of God's saints are truly inspiring. Why was she visited by the saint with his beautiful white horse? Perhaps because her mother had sought his intercession. Perhaps because my grandmother herself had asked for his help, or maybe due to the piety of her mother and her priest grandfather. Perhaps it was due to my grandmother's childlike love, faith, and hope—the three theological virtues converging in one little child.
Living in the Moment
And now my young daughter Sophia—with her wise comments, her evocative questions, her prayer rule, her immersion in the present, her physical likeness to me—inspires me daily. When my grandmother's story was published, my daughter's teacher suggested I read it to her second grade class. However, I pondered, worried, and procrastinated about it because of public schools' attitude to religion and the separation of religion and state in this country. Not long before, there had been a legal battle in a nearby township over teaching creationism in school. Needless to say, the judge ruled against creationism being taught. In light of that, I told myself I was not going to read for Sophia's classmates. I was not going to take my book into a secular school in case my precious family treasure was criticized. All I could do was imagine the worst.
But Sophia, who was seven at the time, just took the book in and read it to her class, followed by tumultuous applause. She had no anxieties or inhibitions—no intellectual qualms—and she grew impatient with my reticence. She loved the story and wanted to share it, so she did. She had accompanied me with our family on book readings at churches several times already and knew the procedure well. I would love to have been a fly on the wall in her class. What an inspiration! Sophia's example prompts me to be more like her: to stand firm in my faith and courageous and strong in my ministry to children. This ministry has certainly deepened my own relationship with Christ.
My thirteen-year-old son Adam made a comment while on a trip to Cyprus this summer. Standing at the top of Mount Olympus, overlooking the spectacular view of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, he stretched out his arms and said, "Savor the moment." I asked him what he was thinking and feeling as he said that. He replied that this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and he wanted to remember it—that it was peaceful and the breeze felt good on his face. He closed his eyes and when he opened them he saw layer after layer of mountains. "It was great! I couldn't believe the view," he said.
Only days before, Adam had said this same thing, "Savor the moment," while climbing a rock wall at a children's playground in Cyprus. Everything he does, he experiences with all his being. On both occasions, Adam experienced joy and fullness in the moment, immersion in the present, with no thought or concern about the past or the future. I am awed by his ability to connect with everything, to have communion with everything—and with God.
Of Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven
My journey as a writer has developed from my work as a child psychologist. Over the years I have worked with many children—including the bereaved, traumatized, chronically sick, and those with special needs. Sister Magdalen writes in Conversations with Children, "A child's illness is a trial of faith and endurance for all concerned, not least the parents," and, "sick children are often imbued with faith and wisdom beyond their years." When seeing such children and their families, I often think about my faith, the meaning of life, and the meaning of the child's illness, and I pray for them. These children have much to teach us about endurance, love, suffering and sacrifice, and bearing one's cross for Christ.
Many blessings have come by the grace of God through my clinical work with children, while writing my children's books and reading to children on the radio, perhaps the greatest of which is telling stories to children about our Orthodox faith to illuminate their heart and soul. And when you write about God, when you tell these stories to children, everything seems to fall into place. What may appear to be coincidences to some are really, I believe, blessings, guidance. and inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
I, in turn, am always inspired by children—by their innocence, faith, thirst for knowledge and understanding, sense of hope and mastery, openness to new experiences, ability to live in the present, and most of all by their wisdom. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it" (Luke 18:16, 17). This scripture refers to the need for humility and innocence to enter the Kingdom of God. Thus, we need to return to that state of childlikeness, of innocence and humility, to achieve communion with God.
As I look at the photograph of my son Adam standing at the top of the highest point in Cyprus, my birthplace—the island of my grandmother and blessed Saint Kendeas—Adam's arms outstretched, his eyes closed and his face upturned, I think of this verse from Saint Patrick's Breastplate:
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ in me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ in breadth, Christ in length, Christ in height,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
It is as if heaven meets earth. As if I am touching heaven. And I think to myself, "Savor the moment."
This article originally appeared in The Handmaiden, Vol. 11 No. 4, Fall 2007.
Dr. Chrissi Hart is an author, licensed psychologist, and podcaster for Ancient Faith Radio. Her first children's picture book, Under the Grapevine: A Miracle by Saint Kendeas of Cyprus, was published in 2006 by Conciliar Press. Her next children's book, about the founding of Kykkos Monastery, will be released next year. She lives in York, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two children, where they attend St. John Chrysostom Antiochian Church.


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The BGS holds a unique collection of about 250 000 historical magnetograms on photographic paper — original recordings of the variations in the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field.
The magnetogram collection — one of the longest running geomagnetic series in the world — provides a continuous record of more than 160 years of UK measurements.
The collection is a valuable, partly untapped, data resource for studying geomagnetic storms, space weather and the evolution of the Earth's magnetic field.
The magnetograms provide insight into:
All the above have an impact on human activities; for example, bad space weather affects technologies that we increasingly rely on, such as electrical power and GPS networks.
In the UK measurements were made at eight, long-running observatories.
In January 2009 the BGS began a project to capture high quality digital images of the magnetogram collection to provide a back-up to the photographic paper originals.
The images, captured thus far, are available to search online as part of the BGS OpenGeoscience service. Scientists and the general public around the world can now gain easy access to this historical dataset.
The programme of work to complete the magnetogram digitisation is on-going and more will be added, observatory by observatory.
The BGS also hold archived copies of the UK yearbooks.
These contain the published results from each observatory, including data manually transcribed from magnetograms, series of single or spot manual observations of the magnetic components and other derived results.
Significantly, the yearbooks provide information on the observatory operations, observing equipment and observation methods, which are essential for meaningful use of the magnetograms and other data.
Browse our online geomagnetic yearbooks and historical articles for current and past UK magnetic observatories or historic British colonial magnetic observatories (c. 1840–1850).
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Here is a summer programming job for 5 weeks.it pay 15.50 per hour.Suppose that the total tax you pay on your summer job incomes is 14%.After paying the taxes, yoy spend 10% of your net income to buy new clothes and other accesories for the next school year and 1% to buy additional school supplies.After buying clothes and school supplies, you use 25% of the remaining money to buy saving bonds.For each dollar you spend to buy saving bond, your parents spend $0.50 to buy additional saving bonds for you.Write a program that prompts the user to enter the pay rate for an hour and the number of hours worked each week. The program then outputs the following:
a.)Your income before and after taxes from your summer job
b.)The money you spend on clothes and other accessories
c.)The money you spend on school supplies
d.)The money you spend to buy saving bonds
e.)The money your parents spend to buy additional saving bonds for you
import java.util.*; class football {static Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in); public static void main(String[] args) { double wages ; double rate ; double hours; double taxes; double clothesexp; double twagesatax; double schsupply; double sbonds; System.out.print("Enter hours worked:"); hours = console.nextDouble(); System.out.println(); System.out.print("Enter pay rate:"); rate = console.nextDouble(); System.out.println(); wages = hours * rate; System.out.println("The wages are :" + wages); System.out.println(" Total wages before taxes:" + wages ); taxes = 14% * wages; System.out.println(" Total wages after taxes:" + twagesatax ); clothesexp = 10% * twagesatax; System.out.println("Total money spend on clothes and other accessories :" + clothesexp ); schsupply = 1% * (twagesatax + clothesexp); System.out.println("Total money spend on school supplies :" + schsupply ); sbonds = 25% * (twagesatax + clothesexp + schsupply); System.out.println("Total money spend on saving bonds :" + sbonds ); } }


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Bobby Bones: "If You Hold On To Your Roots, You Don't Grow."
I don't think that's how that phrase goes, Bobby.
The reason much of country music, bluegrass, blues, folk, and other older genres are referred to as "roots" is because these vital influences to American music are the building blocks for most or all of the music people enjoy today. Before there was rock and roll, and before there was hip-hop, roots music paved the way for all popular music genres.
Just like a tree, without deep and strong roots, American music would have not grown as big and lush, and into the most dominant, popular, and influential music in the entire world. And without roots, American music would implode from a lack of nutrients, vitality, support, new talent, and strong ties to the history of the music that make music not just entertainment, but an intertwined experience to who we all are as people. Music isn't just a pastime, it is part of our cultural identity.
Illustrating and explaining music as "roots" has been happening for years, and iHeartMedia morning show personality Bobby Bones couldn't have butchered the idea more when broaching the subject as part of a broader dissertation on Sturgill Simpson's recent comments about the disrespect of Merle Haggard.
Though generally Bobby Bones offered a measured and thoughtful approach, saying on his August 30th show, "I like Sturgill Simpson. I respect him, because he's been able to do it pretty much independently … I also love it when artists speak their mind. I love the fact that he's speaking out, even if I disagree with him," Bones went on to say…
"There is no such thing as 'actual country music.' … That's your definition of country music. Don't put it on me. So I have a problem with that."
And then he also makes the ridiculous assertion, "If you hold on to your roots, you don't grow."
Not only is this statement misguided, it is a bastardization of a timeless idea that has been around for eons. Dale Watson may have the most famous utterance of the phrase at the moment, pulled from his song "Nashville Rash" that goes, "You can't grow if you rip your roots out of the ground." The trophy of his Ameripolitan Awards is of roots extending out of a microphone to symbolize the importance of the roots of the music.
For years roots artist Ray Wylie Hubbard had a radio show called "Roots and Branches" where he regularly talked about the importance of cultivating and keeping the roots in music so the branches could grow strong and wide.
And as Tony Rice once said, "Music should be allowed to grow and flourish but at the same time hold true to it's roots and maintain the essence of what makes it that type of music."
And it's not just in country and blues music. The famous group The Roots take their name from the fact that they overtly portray how jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, reggae, and other roots influences incorporate and lend to today's hip-hop and popular music.
And it's not just in music, either. The illustration of a tree with strong roots giving way to wide branches has been used in business, education, and many other sectors of human life to show the importance foundations play to creating long-term sustainability.
Later Bobby Bones goes on to say, "You can always remember your roots and be influenced by your roots, and even continue to do it … if that's your thing, that's great. But to chastise an entire format for growing, that's not a good look."
But without the roots of country, without the work that Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, and even later Garth Brooks that helped grow country music into the popular genre it is today, there would be no format for Florida Georgia Line or Luke Bryan to enjoy, and allow them to gain superstar status.
Bobby Bones says later, "We try to focus on our show too to bring in these unsigned independent artists and try to get them deals or let them be known," and this is true. Despite continued missteps by Bobby Bones, he has made efforts since switching over from pop to understand country music and attempt to be a positive force in the marketplace. He even invited Sturgill Simpson to appear on his show. But like he also said, "We are the biggest country morning show in the world with the most influence," and so when he mischaracterizes the importance of roots music and for artists and formats to hold on to those roots, it can have a corrosive effect.
Everyone thought that the rock and roll format would last forever and remain the most dominant format in music. Now it's splintered, divided, and tough to define, primarily because it became the catch-all phrase for popular American music, similar to what country music has become today. Country music will always survive, but without holding on to its roots, without defining its borders, and without bringing in new listeners sustainably and in a way that teaches them about the roots and history of the music instead of luring them in for a short-term sugar high, it doesn't matter how big your format gets. Because without deep roots holding and supporting you, it could fall over and implode in a moment's notice.


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Well, Leborn James left, The Drew Carey Show is off the air and not even Jake Taylor or Roger Dorn could save the Indians this year. But Cleveland's independent wrestling scene is amazing according to chief 5 Dollar Wrestling talent scout, Mad Man Pondo. On his word alone we packed up the 5 Dollar Wrestling cameras and made our way to Ohio. After spending a day with these guys I think our North Carolina boys need to up their game. Judge for yourself and find out why Cleveland sort of rocks.
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How to Stack Your German Shepherd Dog
You have dropped by this blog because you have been looking form information about German Shepherd Dog. This post is about stacking a German Shepherd - making a GSD stand in a pose that you often find in dog shows. German Shepherd Dog has a unique stack position that features one rear leg under the body and the other stretched backward, exactly contrary to the conventional "square stack", featuring parallel front and rear legs or "extended stacks". The question is how to correctly stack a German Shepherd Dog.
Stacking German Shepherds is probably a bit more technical than other dog breeds that have conventional "square stacks". Start of with slightly tiring the dog by trotting him for a few moments. How much to trot him before making him stand in stacked position? That's really an appreciable question that any new GSD owner would like to know. Trot for a few minutes until his tongue hangs out. Please note that over tiring the dog will not yield you desired result. After the trot,walk him a bit to bring him to a normal stance.
The next step is making him stand in the desired pose - staking. Place your palm under his chest, lift him a few inches from the ground and gently release him, trying to place his front legs down vertically straight. Viewing right down the shoulder to make sure the front legs are perfectly straight and feet are not twisted outward, which is why I suggested freshly trimmed lawn that won't hide his feet.
Don't remove your hand from under his chest; reach around the hind part of the dog and place your foot just under the dogs belly, in order to mark the position where his inside hind paw will be placed. Place the inner leg, i.e. the leg which is on your side, by gently pulling it to the mark - your foot-point.
Next step is to place the outer leg stretched backward. Gently stretch the outside legs backward and place it such that the hock is positioned exactly at right angle to the ground. It is not advisable to pull the leg back too far, as doing that the hock cannot be positioned straight, and that will be a faulty stack.
The whole process is quite tricky and you need to be immensely patient as the dog may repeatedly remove its hind leg that is placed inside - under the belly. Without being patient you cannot make a dog stack properly. Once your German Shepherd gets used to with the process, things will turn out to be a lot easier for both - you and your dog. A poorly stacked GSD will display a faulty anatomical view, even though he may have a very good structure. This is where the knowledge of staking German Shepherds properly comes to play a very vital role. Read more...


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No Plans for Super Street Fighter IV PC; Piracy Blamed
Ono does realize that piracy of the PC version gave the game a wider spread, but Capcom could not continue with the title being "free" in certain territories. A PC release wasn't ruled out, but it would hinge on better anti-piracy protection.
A PC port would be incredibly easy to create at this point as the arcade version in development runs on hardware that is essentially a Windows XP machine. This also means that an illegal version of the game could find its way online. Earlier this year, pirates were able to rip BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, which runs on the same arcade hardware, and release it as a fully functioning PC program.
The arcade version will add two new characters and a host of new balance changes. It is possible that these balance changes could hit consoles at some point.


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Hulu Keeps Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for Two More Years, Adds SpongeBob
Hulu may have big changes ahead of it, but for now the company is proceeding along the same path: Today it announced it has broadened a deal with Viacom, by adding some of the cable giant's Nickelodeon shows to its Hulu Plus subscription service.
Just as important, the deal extends Hulu's previous Viacom pact for another two years. That means Hulu and Hulu Plus viewers can keep using the video service to watch Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's nightly shows, two of Hulu's biggest draws.
The new deal will give Hulu Plus access to some of Nickelodeon's live-action and animated kids' shows, like "iCarly," "Big Time Rush," and "SpongeBob Squarepants."
But it doesn't include sister channel Nick Jr.'s shows, which are targeted at younger kids. That means no "Dora the Explorer" or "Fresh Beat Band." Some of those titles are licensed to Hulu competitors Amazon and Netflix.
Viacom's kids' shows have been a subject of scrutiny over the last year, as their ratings have slipped. Some analysts argue that Viacom and Disney have been sacrificing TV eyeballs by putting those shows online.
The big picture for Hulu is that it still has the ability to pay for premium programming that doesn't come from its three broadcast TV owners — NBC, Disney and Fox* — and that it's willing to do so. The Viacom stuff is unlikely to come cheap — in 2011, when Viacom and Hulu announced the first deal, I pegged the price at $40 million to $50 million.
Meanwhile, we're into October, and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is still running the company. That means my most recent predictions about his departure — the most recent one was that he would be out in September — was wrong. Just like all the others I've made.
Plans for Hulu's network owners to buy out co-investor Providence Equity Partners' stake, in the works since last spring, have yet to close, which means Kilar and his co-workers haven't received big checks from the "liquidity event," either. Once they do, things could change, but I'll refrain from crystal ball gazing this time around.
*Fox is owned by News Corp., which also owns this Web site.


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Dogs Of The Tarahumara Indians
Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:33 AM
By Kim La Flamme,
I know that a lot of the owners who have had their AIDogs for awhile & have been on our chat groups of the past or our forum, have heard this story , but for those that havent, and even those that have, here is a follow up story of one of the foundation ancestors of our breed.
Back in 1969 or 70? those days are a little blurry now; as that was almost 40 years ago, & just out of thearmy, I had found 2 Pueblo Indian dogs in the Canyon De Chilly area. While there, I talked to an old Navaho rancher that had crosses of there old dogs & the old Basque sheep dogs, that ended up being the modern Australian Shepherds (talked about in other articles) on our web sites. While talking dogs with the old Navaho rancher, he told me he new the Tarahumara still had the old dogs & gave me a name & place to go look . He also told me to take trading items that they could use, they didnt like trinkets , & to be careful to respect their ways. They had a reputation as being fierce fighters & fast runners . This area was close to Copper Canyon in the mountains of Mexico.
After driving to where the road ended , & days of hiking, I started seeing old Indian dwellings & ancient caves with an ancient peoples living as they did thousands of years ago. No baseball hats or T-shirts, but all woven wool or skins. They had the old Pueblo dogs & raised goats using these dogs for herding & guarding their goats. There were kids playing with puppies, older dogs dragging kids out of the water & guarding them just as they did thousands of years ago in pre-Columbian times.
They hadnt seen a white man (or half-breed) for a long while, as just getting out of the army I was not my usual tan & long haired self, as was normal for me back then. Normally I could pass for a full blood, but as it was they were pretty skeptical as to why I was there; not believing that I wanted to trade or buy one of their dogs. I kept making the sign for dog & give or want, they had a puzzled, questioning look pointing at there dogs. They spoke a type of old Indian dialect with some Spanish thrown in. I had a hard time communicating with them, but with the help of a store owner/trader, from the road's end called Charo, I finally got across what I was there for, & that my lifes goal was to save the dogs.
To make a very long story shorter, they insisted I go through a peyote ceremony (which, by the way, they still practice there) for a type of test to see if I was worthy of getting one of there dogs. I also gave them the rest of the machetes I had brought and used as trade and good faith all along my route there, which I passed out to the Elders.
I thought I had died & gone into a dream state permanently getting through the peyote ceremony, s very spiritual experience I will never forget but did end up passing their test & was presented a dark gray pup. I thought I was still dreaming as I walked down through the canyons with a little gray pup in my arms. This pup was one of the ancestors of almost all our dogs today.
On my way back down the trail to my car I ran into a few young guys about my age ( early 20s ) at the time. One of them had one of the machetes that I had given out on my way up the mountains. I could tell he was very upset to see I had one of his neighbor's dogs.
I think he was from a different village & hadnt heard I was given this dog. We ended up in a wrestling match & this was one of the times I had my nose broken, ( some of you might remember this as one of my broken nose storys <g> ) but I did get out with my pup once he understood it was given to me. Not only that, but I then realized they had a new respect for me after seeing how good of a wrestler & how fast & far I could run, with a pup in my arms at that <g>. They are known for there long distance running ability --to keep away from people as long as they have, including the first Spanish armies, looking for gold, you can understand why.
So the moral of this story is, & hopefully not the end; I have found through an article in Cowboys & Indians magazine, two photographers helping to document & preserve this old culture before it is gone. Ms Kitty & Richard, photographers & there guide & friend Santiago, have been taking photos helping financially, studying & educating people on saving the cultures there since the 1980s. Their entire culture is based more around a spiritual animal realm as all the Native American First Peoples cultures where in pre-Columbian and pre-Christian times.
These aboriginal peoples are now considered one of Mexicos National Treasures & the government is trying to help them stay as they were & not force them into the modern world. Unfortunately there has already been mining & timber cutting from the snow covered mountain tops to the deep canyons in this amazing , pristine environment. Some of these groups have completely disappeared into the remote Mountains, fortunately getting harder & harder to find unless you have become friends with them, as Santiago has.
After talking to Kitty & Richard, it is possible there may still be some old dogs left in the more remote areas. Now they say they will start paying more attention to the dogs, as before talking to me, they were just always in the back ground, going unnoticed. So there is a possibility to get more of these bloodlines to integrate back into our gene pool, as those old lines are growing thin within our breeding program today. Even if we cannot, it is very exciting to know those people are still living with their dogs as they did when I was there in the late 60s & thousands of years before that.
Ms. Kitty Snead has shared a recent photo of a dog & young girl (Lupita the girl & Pinto the dog) that very much resembles the old dogs. At least it is obvious to me, that it has a large % of the old dogs still in it. Im hoping the name "Pinto" for the dog, is a sign that this mottling pinto pattern is rare in their dogs , as these Pueblo dogs did not have spots or mottling 500 years ago, or when I was there 40 years ago for that matter. This dog appears to have some of the old Basque mottling or cattle dog patterns in it. Too much to want to use its lines in our program, but close enough to make me think they might be still out there in a more pure state, without the mottling & pinto markings.
We will keep you up on this continued story as it happens & share photos, as the photographers go back through there old & new prints & along with Santiago they make more trips there. So keep checking on our IIDOBA members forum for these & other possible dog sightings & new research.
This should be, yet further proof to the nay sayers, that the dogs have been there all along & are NOT extinct you just have to have done enough research to know what you are talking about, what to look for, & where.
Please look through Ms. Sneads & Richard Speedys photos on there web sites to learn more about the Tarahumara Indians, as its an amazing trip back in time, they have photo prints available at www.richardspeedy.com , www.kasneadphotographs.com & www.coppercanyonguide.com .,
Kim La Flamme ~ founder/trustee of the AIDog breed for over 45 years -- www.indiandogs.com
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Kitty Alice Snead 2001-2004
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Posted 04 March 2008 - 02:46 AM
By Kim La Flamme,
I know that a lot of the owners who have had their AIDogs for awhile & have been on our chat groups of the past or our forum, have heard this story , but for those that havenât, and even those that have, here is a follow up story of one of the foundation ancestors of our breed.
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Hey Kim
I remember that story very well - the devil dogs mwahahaha. I'm so happy that you have found a few more possibilities - nice looking dog there with the girl - I've been to their websites - that guy is an awesome photographer and the trips sound like a real kick to try out.
keep researching those dogs - you'll need to hurry up and write that book pretty soon or it won't all fit into one book! You'll be writing the sequel before the first one comes out!!
Edited by luna6killer, 04 March 2008 - 02:48 AM.
Posted 16 July 2014 - 06:22 AM
We're hoping for a puppy soon so I have been reading reading reading. I've read a lot of information on the site but now I'm really paying attention to the history. Some of the breeding articles are a little technical but I'm learning so much about Kim and his work! I have a passion for Mexico and a connection to the Mayan people who live there so maybe that is why this is my favorite story by far!
Posted 16 July 2014 - 01:05 PM
This is so fascinating Kim! I remember how confused we were when we sent off a "doggie DNA" test for Lucky and it came back not only not being able to verify a primary breed, but not a secondary breed either. The ONLY thing it could come up with was a PARTIAL tertiary breed! (I think it was Samoyed.) We went "huh?" Now it all makes sense - The AI Dogs were here first, before all the foofy AKC breeds that would even show up on DNA tests.
I can't wait for more history and more stories.
"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs." ― Charles de Gaulle
"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ― Mark Twain
Posted 18 July 2014 - 05:32 AM
This thread, including Mommom's bit on DNA is one of the coolest things on the Forum! I've seen one of those booths at the dog fest. Mabye I'll get some sent in too. I did read that Samoyed is one of the 14 most ancient dog breeds and they are out of Siberia.
Posted 18 July 2014 - 06:32 AM
Not sure what you'd have to pay for your DNA test at one of those events, and I'm just going out on a limb here, but I'm thinking that since Kim DNA tests each breeder dog he already has all the DNA information for your dog. I'm wondering if he wouldn't be willing to tell you the history of the parents if you asked.
Posted 24 July 2014 - 07:04 AM
Doc, I just like the thought of having "no primary or secondary breed identifiable". Samoyed as a partial tertiary is also exciting because of the oldness of the breed and the Siberian location. Fits with the land bridge theory of how the Americas were originally populated. I have Waki and Cake's registration family tree. I get the what kind of dog is THAT all the time. I like to tell folks that Waki's daddy is from the Yukon (Tahltan people) because I know his daddy is Newkim. I know that Kim inherited dogs from his Grandfather and that his Grandmother had dogs as part of her dowry and was from the Laflamme river area of Canada... so it would be fun to add to the story that the DNA test shows they are different. Of course you haven't seen this before because it's really different. NAIDs for example are on record as being recently fabricated from certain primary and secondary breeds.
Posted 24 July 2014 - 09:21 AM
A friend of mine adopted a small dog (NOT AN AI Dog) with fine hair and ears and tail like a king Charles Cavalier.
She did a doggie DNA test last year and the test came back with results of larger breed ancestors and even an African lion hunting dog aka a ridgeback?.
All she wanted to know was what types of dogs the parents or grandparents were and got all the cross-breeding throughout history that the test could detect.
Funny thing was there weren't really any dogs her size so we wondered if the tests got mixed up.
Can you imagine what the other people who got her results would be thinking of their 'big' dog?
She thought about calling the company but just let it go. It's fun to think little Jazzy has lion hunting blood in her.
She is fearless and REALLY fast. She likes outrunning the big dogs at the dog park! - maybe the testing was right!
Maybe Mommom's test went to a different company?
I agree with Sherab - it would be neat to giggle and say - my dog's DNA is older than the tests!
Yes, sounds like Mommom found an AI Dog. That's amazing in itself!
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1. Houses/Apartments – How to buy a house or rent an apartment should be something that's taught everywhere. Lots of people get confused about mortgages, interest rates, and other things that come into account when looking for a home. I wish I had been taught these things.
2. World Religions/Cultures (including atheism and agnosticism) – This relates directly to this article. In order to be more open-minded and understanding of others, all Americans should be taught about the value of other beliefs and cultures. And not knowing about these things just makes us look stupid as a country…
3. Organization/Time Management Skills – Some people are born to be organized, even to the point of near-OCD, (I'm like that; everything has to be exactly in its place for me.) but others need a little help in that area. Managing time is especially important for the workforce. There's so much out there that grabs our attention and sucks our time (Facebook, anyone?) that we really need to be mindful of how we spend the time we have.
Got any more you'd like to add to the list? Let me know! 🙂
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The kids all go back to school today, which is usually something I look forward to. But as this past 2 1/2 weeks of vacation has been a lovely blur of sleeping in, eating way too much, snuggling on the couch watching Netflix with my babies, and living in a general state of slothfulness, I'm really going to miss it.
I've done a word of the year for awhile now, in lieu of a formal set of resolutions, and for 2012 it was "intentional." My mini-challenge of keeping my bathroom counter clean fell under that heading, and didn't end in failure, so...that's something. I listed the stuff I'd like to work on this year, but it doesn't take long until reaching a scroll like length full of nothing but things I need to do MORE of, like
* more meal planning
* more exercise
* more regular meals for me, instead of just an afternoon snack and dinner
* more studying the scriptures
* more following through and making sure kids have done what they say they've done (chores, homework)
* more money in savings
* more cleaning up after I make a mess
* more dates with my husband
* more organizing
* more time doing the little stuff that falls through the cracks with my job at church
* more wearing actual clothes rather than slumming around in sweats and Potbelly tees that smell of ham
Bleh. I'm overwhelmed already just from looking at it, and that's just the tip o' the iceberg. So I'm going to stick with the one theme strategy. The first word that came to mind was "recommit," but after reading Cynthia's thoughts I realized that it could possibly carry too much of a negative vibe. Like
REcommit: because up until now you've really sucked.
Instead, I've decided to go with a more supportive push, knowing that as much as I need to do more, sometimes I also need to do less. 2013 is going to be challenging, but without the force part. I tend to resist anything that hurts or is hard or, as a naturally anxious overachieving type, adds to my list of things to stress over/feel guilty about. This year's word is
That's seems doable, no? Like practicing the piano. With some Christmas money I got myself a book of medium to hard songs: the easier stuff to encourage me, and the more challenging stuff to DEVELOP me. It's my job to set a good example on what it means to practice, and if I've just got music that I can play with my eyes closed, where's the growth in that?
I'd also like to try to branch out and DEVELOP my awareness of those not within my immediate circle of acquaintances. Arianne came with a fantastic idea as a way to help remember those lives that were lost a few weeks ago in the tragedy in Connecticut.
Every month on the 14th, take a moment out of your day and perform a random act of kindness. Go read her post, as she puts it much more eloquently than I ever could (add to list: DEVELOP writing skills), but I love, love, super love this idea and will be participating all year long. If nothing else, that will be checked off in December as something I followed through on.
The project to-do list in 2013 is lengthy as well, and hopefully some of those will 1) be started 2) be finished and 3) be blogged about. I usually lose steam somewhere between steps 1 and 2.
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P.S There are some things that I've just accepted as part of my nature and therefore am NOT trying to change. My hubby and I were interviewed about differences in car organization for this article in the Wall Street Journal. I can assure you that "free form mess" is putting it gently.


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White ibises have experienced a huge drop in their reproductive rate, and mercury contamination was a prime suspect. But nobody expected pollution to alter the birds' sexual preference, as the male ibises were actually nesting with each other.
This is the first time researchers have observed birds altering their courtship behaviors so drastically due to pollution. As University of Florida ecologist Peter Frederick explains, that doesn't mean it's entirely unexpected:
"We knew that mercury can disrupt hormones – what is most disturbing about this study is the low levels of mercury at which we saw effects on hormones and mating behavior. This suggests that wildlife may be commonly affected."
So what's actually going on? Low to high levels of mercury have contanimated the wildlife of the Florida Everglades since the 1980s, which affected the animals' willingness to engage in courtship behaviors and ultimately give birth to young. The mercury levels were brought under control in the late 1990s, and the ibises regained their interest in nesting, showing levels of enthusiasm seldom before seen. But the actual reproductive rates hadn't risen quite as much, and University of Florida researchers suspected something else was going on.
To test this idea, they took 160 young ibises of both genders into a net-covered aviary and divided them into four groups. Three of the four groups had either low, moderate, or high amounts of mercury in their diets, while the control group enjoyed a mercury-free diet. However, even the high mercury group wasn't consuming more mercury than they would have in nature.
The results were striking. 55% of the high mercury males were nesting together, and the frequency of homosexual pairings increased with the amount of mercury in the diet. This, Frederick says, was totally unexpected:
"Many years ago, I spent thousands of hours in the field documenting pairing behavior in ibises in a place that did not have mercury contamination – and I never once saw males pairing with males."
High mercury females were unlikely to approach males during courtship, in part because the high mercury males had largely lost interest in the ritual head bobs and bows used to signal interest in courtship among ibises. The high mercury females produced 35% fewer fledglings than their peers in the control group.
We really shouldn't have to say this, but it should be stressed that this study has nothing to do with human homosexuality, a point Frederick himself stresses. Mercury contamination in humans has never shown even the slightly effect on sexual preference, and besides the drives of human sexuality are far more complex than of birds and highly unlikely to be affected by a single contaminant. Anyway, the sexual behavior and reproductive physiology of birds is very, very different from that of humans.
What's really interesting about this study is that even low levels of mercury pollution can scramble hormones so severely and wreak so much havoc on the reproductive capabilities of wildlife. Renowned zoologist Lou Guillette praises the work done by Frederick and his team:
"One of the great frustrations the scientific community has had trying to understand environmental contamination are lab studies that do acute, high-dose exposure studies and almost never predict what we see in the wild. So a study like this that looks at environmentally appropriate levels of mercury is probably the most powerful kind of study to tell us what's going on in the real world."


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Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive and thus difficult to justify; plus, it tends to interrupt operations. Meanwhile, the aging software lingers in accounting's ledgers, overstays its welcome in sales and causes poor network performance throughout the organization.
And it gets worse. An old mapping application in a transportation department, for instance, is a disaster waiting to happen. As the months and years go by, the application grows more outdated and the problem becomes harder to address.
In the examples below -- each featuring a slightly different legacy application problem -- the key to finding a solution involved business analysis. IT staffers helped figure out how the legacy app was being used, in what ways employees depended on it and how the company would be affected by a disruption in service if the software were to fail. Such failures, of course, typically lead to a loss of productivity that continues during the time needed to install new software and train employees to use it.
"A core element in all these cases is that the existing portfolio [of IT applications] ought to be continuously managed for its balance of delivered value to cost and risk," says Jim Duggan, a Gartner analyst who studies enterprise IT applications.
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